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Welcome to Yell County ...

Time Zone: Yell County lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Yell County was founded in 1840. Yell was created by taking area from Hot Spring, Pope and Scott Counties.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Yell had a population of 21,341 people. This is a decrease of 3.63% since the last Census (which gave a population of 22,146 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Yell represented 0.76% of the total population of Arkansas.

Below are some of the communities located in Yell County:

  • Belleville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
  • Corinth
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Corinth is located in Yell County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Corinth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 66 people
  • Danville
    (Less than 2 miles to the northwest)
  • Dardanelle
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Havana
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Ola
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Ola is located in Yell County (AR)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ola
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,196 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ola <2>
  • Plainview
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)

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Footnotes ...

<1>On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census.
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